The Booking Business Blog

New School Year: Planning Ahead for Children’s Activities and Learning

Set up your schedule for the 2025 school year with early planning tips and scheduling ideas.

Bookwhen Named Finalists in Two Categories at the UK Customer Experience Awards 2025

Bookwhen Named Finalists in Two Categories at the UK Customer Experience Awards 2025

Instructors: Level Up Your Summer!

Keep your fitness, yoga or pilates classes full this summer with fresh ideas to inspire your clients and boost bookings with Bookwhen ☀️

Fun summer activity ideas for Children’s Activity Providers

Discover fresh summer activity ideas for children’s activity providers. Plan family-friendly classes, outdoor fun and events parents will love to book 🌞

Post-event Emails: Sending follow-up communication

Discover the power of post-event communication to solidify event impact, deepen attendee relationships, and drive future engagement 💌

Post-event Emails: 10 Best practices

Learn 10 best practices for writing impactful follow-up communication with customisable emails from Bookwhen💡

Disruptive Franchise Awards 2025

Discover how Bookwhen empowers franchises as the proud headline sponsor of the Disruptive Franchise Awards 2025.

Make Mother's Day Special with Bookwhen

Create a memorable Mother's Day event with Bookwhen features; customisation, group bookings, and virtual options.

Celebrating Women-Owned Businesses on International Women’s Day

Celebrate International Women’s Day with us by championing women entrepreneurs, and ways to support women-led businesses.

Spread Joy on Random Acts of Kindness Day

Encourage generosity and community spirit this Random Acts of Kindness Day.

Valentine’s Day Promotion: 10 Special Offer Ideas

Boost your Valentine’s Day bookings with special offers, discounts, and exclusive experiences for couples, friends, and solo attendees.

Discover: Our top event picks for Valentines 2025

Celebrate this Valentine’s with unique events! From creative workshops to relaxation sessions, find the perfect experience for romance, friendship, or self-care.

Blue Monday: Tips for Organisers to Beat the Post-Holiday Slump

Tips for organisers to beat Blue Monday with self-care, uplifting activities, and community connection.

Event Planning for the Year Ahead: Setting Goals for 2025

Learn about SMART goals, track progress using Bookwhen, and stay motivated throughout 2025.

Updated for 2025! Bookwhen's 6 steps to prep for the new year

Check out our 6 steps to ensure you're prepped and ready for 2025!

How to Spot Phishing Scams: A Guide for Bookwhen Users

Learn how to spot suspicious emails with these simple tips to protect yourself from phishing.

Understanding SEO: A Guide to Keyword Research

How to conduct effective keyword research to enhance your online visibility and attract more attendees to your events.

Mastering Booking Form Fields: A Complete Guide

Everything you need to know about booking form fields

5 Top Tips for Creating Successful Festive Events on Bookwhen

Discover 5 top tips for creating successful festive events on Bookwhen.

Bookwhen’s Tone of Voice

Discover Bookwhen’s tone of voice and learn how discovering your own can benefit your business.

Managing Children's Courses and Sibling Discounts

Part 2 of Mastering Course Bookings: Learn how to set up and manage sibling discounts in Bookwhen.

Setting Up Training Courses and Workshops

Part 3 of Mastering Course Bookings: Discover how to use Bookwhen to set up and manage training courses or workshops, whether online or in-person.

Fitness Classes: Courses vs. Passes

Part 1 of Mastering Course Bookings: Explore the pros and cons of course and pass-based booking models on Bookwhen.

Unlock the Power of Storytelling: Creating Memorable Learning Experiences

Discover how meaningful storytelling can transform learning experiences by engaging, educating, and inspiring.

From Passion Project to Empowering Others: Celebrating a Decade of Bookwhen

Explore Bookwhen's decade of innovation and growth with founder Jo Potts.

5 Summer Marketing Strategies to Boost Your Bookings

Boost your summer bookings with these 5 effective marketing strategies.

Plan Your Green Summer: Booking Eco-Friendly Activities

Discover exciting eco-friendly summer activities and learn how to set them effortlessly with Bookwhen.

The Ultimate Guide to Running Summer Camps

Streamline summer camp bookings with Bookwhen.

Feature Announcement: Multi-Factor Authentication

Unlock enhanced security with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

Best Practices for Account Security: Keeping your business and customer's data safe

Discover essential tips to protect your business and customer data.

Cancellation Policies: Introducing customer-facing messages for ticket cancellations

Enhance customers' booking experiences with a personalised cancellation policy message.

Bookwhen Awarded ISO 27001:2022 Certification

Dive into our latest blog post where we jump into the significance of achieving the ISO27001 certification.

Five Tips For Navigating The Parent-Entrepreneur Balancing Act

Read Bookwhen's tips on balancing being a parent and business owner with recommendations from our CEO and Founder, Jo Potts.

Hybrid Workouts, AI-Powered Plans, and Green Gyms: Top Fitness and Wellness Trends for 2024

How Tech, Sustainability & Slow Living are set to be the fitness trends shaping 2024

Are you ready for 2024? Bookwhen's 6 steps to prep for the new year

Check out our 6 steps to ensure you're prepped and ready for 2024!

Grow Your Bookings With Our Top 5 Recommendations

Harness the power of Bookwhen to boost your business. Learn 5 key strategies to get more bookings, expand your customer base, and achieve success!

Navigating Black Friday and Cyber Monday: 5 Tips to Boost Your Bookings

Unleash your Black Friday and Cyber Monday potential with these 5 tips to maximize bookings and increase revenue using Bookwhen.

Unwrap Joy: The Ultimate Guide to Gift Vouchers for Your Business

Dive into the world of endless gifting possibilities!

Festive Roadmap: How to Wrap Up the Year in Style

Your guide to a merry wrap-up and a joyful start to the new year!

How to beat ‘Imposter Syndrome’ when starting a business

Learn our top tips on beating imposter syndrome.

World Mental Health Day - looking after your mental health as a business owner

Take care of you.

How the Bookwhen team keeps fit

Get inspired, and learn how we keep fit at Bookwhen!

Breathwork

Discover the transformative benefits of breathwork!

Choosing a payment provider? Think Stripe!

Reasons why Bookwhen recommends using Stripe over PayPal as your trusted payment provider.

How to follow guidelines for temple, synagogue, mosque or church social distancing

Review government guidelines on church social distancing and discover how you can simply and affordably keep visitors safe and healthy.

4 ways a booking system can help your swimming pool reopen

Help your swimming pool reopen with a combined approach to social distancing, contact tracing, queue management and the safety of staff and swimmers.

How to safely (and profitably) reopen a pub after lockdown

A pub landlord explains how an online booking system is essential for reopening his pub post covid19

How to use an online booking system to stay safe and socially distance in a post-Covid 19 world

5 ways that an online booking system can fight the spread of coronavirus, keep staff and visitors safe and simplify social distancing.

How to pre-record and sell your events during Covid 19 isolation

A guide to recording event videos and distributing them to your attendees during self-isolation (and beyond).

How to deliver events online

Tips, tools and how-tos for taking your events online during Covid 19 isolation (and beyond)

Live stream Zoom and YouTube events: choosing a provider, then marketing and selling tickets

How to live stream Zoom and how to live stream YouTube. Everything you need to know about choosing a provider, then accepting bookings and payments for your online event

COVID 19: Where to find relevant advice and resources for your events based business

Find the relevant guidance for small businesses in the UK, and prepare your events based business for what comes next

The small business resources and business funding that you can access today, for free!

Looking for support with your business? Bookwhen’s customers share insights on the avenues that you can explore.

What's next? Small businesses talk about what comes after initial success

Businesses that have procured a class booking system, and achieved self-sustaining success, share their insights about what they would like to happen next.

How to write an Environmental Policy

A quick guide to writing an environmental policy and action plan for your organisation, with links to further resources.

Growing your lifestyle business without compromising lifestyle

Bookwhen interviewed the founder of Kids Kitchen to learn how she grew her children’s activity business without compromising her family lifestyle.

6 Ways Online Bookings Grow your Business

Businesses share their insights on how moving to an Online Booking System saves you time, increases your audience and grows your business.

Finding a booking system that works for you - The hidden (and not so hidden) costs of a bespoke solution.

Children's activity regulations in the UK - a quick guide

Bookwhen inspirations - Little Wild Things.